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71 Cards in this Set
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congenial
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friendly
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antimony
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a metallic element
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contumacuious
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rebellious
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amiable
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good-natured
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plebeian
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crude, commmmon
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onerous
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troublesome
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escarpments
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a steep slope
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anomaly
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glitch, inconsistency
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visage
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face
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convivial
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sociable
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mien
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appearance
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egress
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going out
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saline
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salty
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bourgeois
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middle class
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itenerant
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traveling
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fatuous
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satisfied and stupid
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tolstoy
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russian author and philospher believed in self sacrifice, non-violence, and finding happiness from within.
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indolently
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lazy, inactice
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sere
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wethered, dry
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lumpen
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displaced people, misfits of society
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primordial
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primal, basic form of development
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sedentary
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siting, remaining in one area
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thoreau
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american writer poet, and philosopher who believed in simple living and personal freedom
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hegira
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flight
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desiccated
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dried
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indigent
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poor
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harangues
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sermon
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endemic
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widespread
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creosote
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an oily liquid
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phantasmal
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ghostly
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arroyo
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gorge
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destitute
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poor
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serape
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poncho
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fulminate
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verbal attack
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unalloyed
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pure
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unbidden
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not asked
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mercurial
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quick and changeable
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manderlust
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a strong impulse to travel
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incorrigible
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uncontrollable, incapable of being reformed
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monomania
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obsessed with one idea
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choler
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anger
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idiosyncratic
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distinctive, individual
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extemporaneous
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impromptu
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rubicon
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point of no return
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perambulation
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patrol
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reverie
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dream
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sanctimonious
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self-righteous
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sullen
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brooding, angry
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castigated
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punish
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gloaming
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dusk
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aesthetic
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appreciates beauty in nature
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taiga
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subarctic forest
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obliquely
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indirectly
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ford
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a shallow place to cross a river
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malevolent
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mean
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ungulate
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hoofed animals
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scabbard
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cover
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hauteur
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arrogance
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sobriquet
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humorous nickname
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modicum
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small amount
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posited
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put forward as truth
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existential
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creating meaning through experience because life has no inherent meaning; emphasizes personal freedom and responsibility.
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munificence
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bounty
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precipitous
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abrupt
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emetic
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causes vomiting
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moniker
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name
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beatific
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saintly
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eloquence
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expressive speech
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decumbent
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growing along the ground
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insidiously
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casing harm in a sneaky way
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conflagration
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fire
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